The 'pundits' PN cites are an interesting lot. Many of them moan about the loss of the SHAR on the one hand, and then inform the world that no-one does air-air combat any more, and if they did, then we could rely on the Americans anyway. They'd also do well to remember :
“It is necessary to win the air battle before embarking on the land battle. If this is not done, then operations on land will be conducted at a great disadvantage.” (Montgomery, 1944)
If there aren't enough F/A-22s to go around, or if the Americans aren't there (EU operation, perhaps, since El Presidente seems keen on this sort of thing?) and if the opposition are a) reasonably competent b) reasonably well equipped and c) have a BVR capability then having Typhoon is no bad thing...